Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-10-09

/ the shOemaking industry Is more yfosPSr-
Gus than ever.
Coal receipts OF the Pacific coast from
Australia have greatly fallen of, and
manufacturers are paying 81 10 per ton
more than was paid in midsummer.
Emigration of labor from the eastern to
the western states will probably soon set
| in. There are growing demands In the lar
west and south, chiefly for unskilled labor.
Between 10, 900 and l6, 600 operatives in
the South Staffordshire Eng } nail trade
came out on strike on Monday morning,
demanding substantial advance IN wages.
Matthew Beazel, of Bellaire, has organ
lied a company for the erection ola large
foundry at Findlay. The city gives the
company eight acres of ground for the new
plant.
Five large CohOes hosiery mills booked
orders enough last week to keep them run
ming till next May. Some factories will
run day and night throughout the entire
winter.
The stove manufacturers anticipate an
exceptionally busy winter and spring.
/ The stocks are going down rapidly, and
I tue hSSlCLu duu SOeSASAA AAAA4 NJ -
panding.
| The State Board of Arbitration ended
strike of wire spinnerS at Fall River,
| Mass. lately. The New York Board has
issued circular stating that 1t Is ready
for business.
Over 5,OOO. 600 feet of lumber will 90 in
To a new Chicago elevator, and IN short
time four more will be started, increasing
the elevator capacity 6,OOO,OOO or I,OO,-
| 900 bushels.
The Springfield, H., rolling mill has
been Obliged to shut down on account OF
the strike Of the coal miners in this dis
trict. About l 900 men are thrown out OF
employment.
House building has received stimulus
in the west, and there Is an urgent demand
on builders and investors for houses. They
are wanted in small manufacturing towns,
and rent and sell readily.
The Daley Manufacturing Company, at
De Kalb Ill, has been organized and IN
coTpOrated with a capital OF 500, 900 for the
purpose of manufacturing agricultural lm-
plements OF various kinds.
The leading architects are now at work
on building operations to be begun In the
early spring. From their standpoint the
prospects are very heavy years work.
Ofice building will be pushed IN all large
cities.
4 machine has been invented by which
/ ten colOrs can be printed ut once. Instead
OF using engraved rollers, as in ordinary
calico printing, the designs are built up
10 a case in solid COlOrs specially pre-
pared.
The oil operators in northwestern OHIO
| who agreed to pay royalties on oil are I'M
able to do 30, because oil, under the Stand
| ard manipulation, is down to Is cents, and
allows the farmers to terminate the leases.
| The boot and shoe makers are generally
crowded with orders, and travelling agents
report depleted stocks The western fac
| tories are having extra calls owing TO back
ward deliveries from the east. Prices are
very firm.
! The American manufacturers OF upper
| leather are receiving large orders from all
parts of Europe, hut the export OF boots
I and shoes Is practically unknown. The
Swiss tanners are driven 10 the wall by
| German competition.
/ Horton is the name of Al embryo town
! in Kansas that is to be the macAlne-shop
center of tine Northwest and Southwest
\ system of railroad lines. The shop will be
/ the largest in the west, and at the start
will employ 1000 men.
The foundry business has grown to
/ gerry large proportions this year, and within
! three Years the size and cost of equipment
mas greatly Increased About fifty large
| iouudries, worth from $50, 900 TO Sl5G, OOO,
are now under course Of construction.
The Wisconsin Malleable Iron Company,
or milwaukee. Wis are building an ad-
ditIou to their foundry 2OO feet long, and
putting mp six more anneailng ovens
which they hope will enable them 10 take
care of their rapidly increasing trade
The Morse Bridge Co, Of Youngstown,
To-, whose works were recently destroyed
/ by FIRE, are shipping what iron they have
| for unfinished contracts rs rapidly rs pos
sible. They have transferred 4 large
amount of work to the Keystone Bridge
! Co, CT PittshuTg.
! There = On extraordinary demand for
coal and coke Az oEeT the West, and iuil
| time Is the rule 1T more mines low than
! It has been for many years. Prices are
] firm. and orders are accommodating New
I mines viii be opened at points where adj
| Ssuiages can h. eah IN tretghtS.
! The building trades nasc been very
busy for the past three months. Favor
! able reports were submitted TO the National
/ Trades Council recently held at Chicago
| From present appearances as much build
] ing will be done next year as Is being
/ 5,p,. this wear. Material of all kind Is
| low in priuS.
A large ioundry IL - be erected at
! Ieechburs, Pa A charter VI incorporation
I has been asked for by anunlber OF proml-
nent citizens OF that place, VII, under the
name OF the Leechburg Foundry and Ma
chine Co, propose ereCiiG1 plant to he
/ worth in the neighborhOOd Of SlOG.Wo
aad give employment to nearly lOO men.
The Federation of Labor has gained
| several thousand in membership during
| September BY the voluntary action OF labor
associations This organization represents
/ the democratic idea, wherein each oFganl-
satisu DOES as it pleaseS. The reaction IN
! favor OF tiss federation Is natural at thus
| time. but the tide H,E turn III case OF
serious or prolonged industrial depression.
MILL MOTIFS.
The repor; that the Pottsto~h jrca Com